diff --git a/packages/arcgis-rest-common-types/src/index.ts b/packages/arcgis-rest-common-types/src/index.ts
index 36d3366be7..b5254fa5ad 100644
--- a/packages/arcgis-rest-common-types/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/arcgis-rest-common-types/src/index.ts
@@ -465,3 +465,12 @@ export type esriUnits =
   | "esriSRUnit_Kilometer"
   | "esriSRUnit_NauticalMile"
   | "esriSRUnit_USNauticalMile";
+
+export interface INotification {
+  id: string;
+  type: string;
+  target: string;
+  targetType: string;
+  received: number;
+  data: { [key: string]: any };
+}
diff --git a/packages/arcgis-rest-users/src/users.ts b/packages/arcgis-rest-users/src/users.ts
index 875211cf8a..0d88adadfd 100644
--- a/packages/arcgis-rest-users/src/users.ts
+++ b/packages/arcgis-rest-users/src/users.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
   getPortalUrl
 } from "@esri/arcgis-rest-request";
 
-import { IUser } from "@esri/arcgis-rest-common-types";
+import { IUser, INotification } from "@esri/arcgis-rest-common-types";
 import { UserSession, IUserRequestOptions } from "@esri/arcgis-rest-auth";
 
 export interface IGetUserRequestOptions extends IRequestOptions {
@@ -68,3 +68,35 @@ export function getUser(
   // send the request
   return request(url, options);
 }
+
+export interface IGetUserNotificationRequestOptions extends IRequestOptions {
+  /**
+   * A session representing a logged in user.
+   */
+  authentication?: UserSession;
+}
+export interface INotificationResult {
+  notifications: INotification[];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get notifications for a user.
+ *
+ * @param requestOptions - options to pass through in the request
+ * @returns A Promise that will resolve with the user's notifications
+ */
+export function getUserNotifications(
+  requestOptions: IGetUserNotificationRequestOptions
+): Promise<INotificationResult> {
+  let url;
+  let options = { httpMethod: "GET" } as IGetUserNotificationRequestOptions;
+
+  const username = requestOptions.authentication.username;
+  url = `${getPortalUrl(requestOptions)}/community/users/${encodeURIComponent(
+    username
+  )}/notifications`;
+  options = { ...requestOptions, ...options };
+
+  // send the request
+  return request(url, options);
+}
diff --git a/packages/arcgis-rest-users/test/mocks/responses.ts b/packages/arcgis-rest-users/test/mocks/responses.ts
index e31d3a6ccb..7b9d4020e7 100644
--- a/packages/arcgis-rest-users/test/mocks/responses.ts
+++ b/packages/arcgis-rest-users/test/mocks/responses.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * Apache-2.0 */
 
 import { IUser } from "@esri/arcgis-rest-common-types";
+import { INotificationResult } from "../../src/users";
 
 export const AnonUserResponse: IUser = {
   username: "jsmith",
@@ -171,3 +172,31 @@ export const OrgAdminUserResponse = {
     }
   ]
 };
+
+export const UserNotificationsResponse: INotificationResult = {
+  notifications: [
+    {
+      id: "7eee83bb4bc94c1e82bb5b931ab9a818",
+      type: "message_received",
+      target: "c@sey",
+      targetType: "user",
+      received: 1534788621000,
+      data: {
+        fromUser: "adminuser",
+        subject: "this is the subject",
+        message: "this is the message"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      id: "e8c18248ee2f4eb298d443026982b59c",
+      type: "group_join",
+      target: "c@sey",
+      targetType: "user",
+      received: 1534788353000,
+      data: {
+        groupId: "0c943127d4a545e6874e4ee4e1f88fa8",
+        groupTitle: "This is Jupe's Test Event"
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+};
diff --git a/packages/arcgis-rest-users/test/users.test.ts b/packages/arcgis-rest-users/test/users.test.ts
index 3bd74dac90..c975fbc814 100644
--- a/packages/arcgis-rest-users/test/users.test.ts
+++ b/packages/arcgis-rest-users/test/users.test.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 /* Copyright (c) 2018 Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.
  * Apache-2.0 */
 
-import { getUser } from "../src/index";
+import { getUser, getUserNotifications } from "../src/index";
 
 import {
   AnonUserResponse,
   GroupMemberUserResponse,
-  GroupAdminUserResponse
+  GroupAdminUserResponse,
+  UserNotificationsResponse
 } from "./mocks/responses";
 
 import { encodeParam } from "@esri/arcgis-rest-request";
@@ -97,4 +98,42 @@ describe("users", () => {
         });
     });
   });
+
+  describe("getUserNotifications", () => {
+    const session = new UserSession({
+      username: "c@sey",
+      password: "123456",
+      portal: "https://myorg.maps.arcgis.com/sharing/rest"
+    });
+
+    fetchMock.postOnce(
+      "https://myorg.maps.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/generateToken",
+      {
+        token: "token",
+        expires: TOMORROW.getTime(),
+        username: "c@sey"
+      }
+    );
+
+    session.refreshSession();
+
+    it("should make an authenticated request for user notifications", done => {
+      fetchMock.once("*", UserNotificationsResponse);
+
+      getUserNotifications({ authentication: session })
+        .then(response => {
+          expect(fetchMock.called()).toEqual(true);
+          const [url, options]: [string, RequestInit] = fetchMock.lastCall("*");
+          expect(url).toEqual(
+            "https://myorg.maps.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/community/users/c%40sey/notifications?f=json&token=token"
+          );
+          expect(options.method).toBe("GET");
+          expect(response.notifications.length).toEqual(2);
+          done();
+        })
+        .catch(e => {
+          fail(e);
+        });
+    });
+  });
 });